What can you do to soothe your sore throat?

I'm asking because I have one, and people used to take care of me because I never get sick. But for the first time in awhile I got sick, and well i'm not young anymore. The only solution I know is eating Halls and they're almost gone

People tell me to mix lemon with water and add some honey or glucose to it. Does it work? There's this chinese thing I drink. It's not gross, it's actually sweet, sticky cuz it's sweet, and it's thick. What it does is just make my throat all menthol feeling.

Please don't suggest salt water..pain is no good

 

I was about to say salt till i read the end
actually my bio teacher was explaining the salt thing to us, apparently its because of osmosis, you could probably wiki that
since there's a higher concentration of solute(salt) on the water in your mouth then liquid in your throat it'll get pulled through into your mouth and you can spit it out...or something like that, it actually works
but im wondering if theres any other solutes you could use if you dont like salt...

 

Drink plenty of water (I don't know about you but usually I have problem hitting 8 glasses of water a day so I try to keep that in mind especially when I have sore throat), and maybe try some of those sore throat lozenges at the pharmacy or maybe Strepsils? Most importantly sleep about 8hours at least, when you wake up you should be feeling better. Might take a few days for it to completely heal though.

 

unless you have the plague like me
then you're just doomed no matter what you do lol

 

I used to do both things And salt water is indeed *yuck* :lol:
Drinking water is of course important but I sometimes have those mint candy things (sorry, I don´t know how to call that).

 

yeah the honey thing works

it like coats your throat with a thin layer of honey so that it doesnt tickle etc

 

Drink sunny D!!!!!
That's what I do when I have a sore throat, because it's thicker than other stuff, and it tastes good.
It's probably pretty similar to your honey solution though.

 

Don't eat Ice Cream, that's the worst you could do... lol learned that myself =P

 

I think you have the Chinese medicine I always get when I have a sore throat it's thick and sticky and really tasty even though it's made out of like roots and junk xD I think that is the best thing for instant relief other than that drink crap loads of water to flush it all out of your system.

 

I'm of the "drink crap loads of water to flish it all out of your system" camp...I was getting a sore throat a week or two ago and I jsut started drinking a gallon of water a day and it was gone in 2 or 3 days

 

green tea or whiskey shot or warm water with alot salt or just pour salt down ur throat its gross but it works or buckleys

 

My mom usually just tells me to drink a lot of cold water. I don't know if it works because I don't really notice but the cold water feels nice when you drink it.

 

Hot toddy -

Fill a mug half full with hot water, squeeze half a lemon in and add a spoon (big one) of whisky.

Its pretty great for soothing the throat and if you take it just before you go to sleep then your throat is clear and the whisky makes you a little drowsy. Tastes pretty good as well.

Optional: add some sugar to make it less sour!
Hope that helps =]

 

hmmmm, have a drink (hot toddy or hot/not 1* milk or even water)
try not to speak much and have alot of vitamins!
(god i sound like a health freak)
oh and keep warm (bit obvious i know.. )
1* if you don't like hot milk try adding sugar/honey
*edit- sorry for repeating!